1. Won Nobel Peace Price 1962.
2. Was a poor migrant worker.
3. Wrote about poor workers
4. 1902-1968
5. writes about places they grew up
6. bitter sweet lessons they learned in life
7. Salinas valley, california
8. worked for agicultural companies
9. alway felt injustice
10. dreamed of a better life
11. used voice to change world
12. "his sympathies always go out to the oppressed to the misfits and the distressed."
13. grapes of wrath- great depression
14. grapes of wrath- tom joad dedicates life to help people
15. grapes of wrath- toms mom asks where he will be when he leaves he say things like, ill be where ever people are in need.
16. books drew attention to unjust conditions,
17. books opened many eyes.
18. after grapes of wrath was written he made many enemies
19. cop warned him people may be out to kill him, to always travel with a few friends
20. wrote to create peope who were better people then he was.
1. German/ Irish
2. mother loved that he wrote
3. graduated in 1919
4. stanford university
5. english major
6. first novel- cup of gold 1929
7. 1st wife- carol henning
8. tortilla flat was first major book
9. was a war correspondant for NY herald tribune
10. wrote alot about human condition
11. private person
12. shunned publicity
13. died december 20
14. one son- thomas
15. married 3 times
16. ashed in garden of memories in salinas california
17. feb 27 birthday
18. dads name also john s
19. 3 sisters
20. over 19 awards/honors
"Books: John Steinbeck, 1902-1968". Magazine. 4/29/10 <www.time.com>.
1. died of heart disease
2. died in manhattan of age 66
3. storys were moralizing
4. grapes of wrath- made to movie
5. east of eden- made to movie
6. had a pacific view of life
7. writes about moral standerds and beliefs
8. doesnt think he earned alot of the honors and awards he got
9. wrote 16 novels
10. grapes of wrath best one
11. it got most critized
12. got torn appart for it
13. professional storyteller
14. worked flawed at times
15. emotional/ sentimental
16. mice of men
17. it was about stregth and weaknesses
18. prolific writer
19. had a love of the land
20. anger with society
1. 20th century writer
2. californias most famous writer
3. rarely changed his mind while writing
4. 1st wife was alot of inspiration
5. at stanford theres a vault with paper written by him and other authors
6. always want nobel prize
7. steinbeck felt loyalty to the school
8. many of his papers are also at other colleges over the states
9. 3rd wife told people alot after he died
10.. 22 novels
11. 12 non fiction
12. 3 flim scripts
13. tons of newspaper articles and magazine essays
14. pierpont morgan holds the actual diary entrys of travels with charlie
15. took a trip with his dog
16. made a bestseller from it
17. has huge records of steinbeck
18. journalist
19. encountered alot of hostilaty
20. did 36 page screan play about censorship
h1962ttp://www.steinbeck.org/Bio.html
Topic approval: John Steinbeck changed the world with his writing.
Thesis Statement: John Steinbeck used his powerful voice in his writing to change the world with family loyalty, trust, devotion.
Gourley , Catherine. "Sirs Discoverer". 4/29/10 <www.sirsdiscoverer.com>.
1. Won Nobel Peace Price 1962.
2. Was a poor migrant worker.
3. Wrote about poor workers
4. 1902-1968
5. writes about places they grew up
6. bitter sweet lessons they learned in life
7. Salinas valley, california
8. worked for agicultural companies
9. alway felt injustice
10. dreamed of a better life
11. used voice to change world
12. "his sympathies always go out to the oppressed to the misfits and the distressed."
13. grapes of wrath- great depression
14. grapes of wrath- tom joad dedicates life to help people
15. grapes of wrath- toms mom asks where he will be when he leaves he say things like, ill be where ever people are in need.
16. books drew attention to unjust conditions,
17. books opened many eyes.
18. after grapes of wrath was written he made many enemies
19. cop warned him people may be out to kill him, to always travel with a few friends
20. wrote to create peope who were better people then he was.
bailey, colleen. "John Steinbeck". 4/29/10 <http://www.steinbeck.org>.
1. German/ Irish
2. mother loved that he wrote
3. graduated in 1919
4. stanford university
5. english major
6. first novel- cup of gold 1929
7. 1st wife- carol henning
8. tortilla flat was first major book
9. was a war correspondant for NY herald tribune
10. wrote alot about human condition
11. private person
12. shunned publicity
13. died december 20
14. one son- thomas
15. married 3 times
16. ashed in garden of memories in salinas california
17. feb 27 birthday
18. dads name also john s
19. 3 sisters
20. over 19 awards/honors
"Books: John Steinbeck, 1902-1968". Magazine. 4/29/10 <www.time.com>.
1. died of heart disease
2. died in manhattan of age 66
3. storys were moralizing
4. grapes of wrath- made to movie
5. east of eden- made to movie
6. had a pacific view of life
7. writes about moral standerds and beliefs
8. doesnt think he earned alot of the honors and awards he got
9. wrote 16 novels
10. grapes of wrath best one
11. it got most critized
12. got torn appart for it
13. professional storyteller
14. worked flawed at times
15. emotional/ sentimental
16. mice of men
17. it was about stregth and weaknesses
18. prolific writer
19. had a love of the land
20. anger with society
tannenbaum, barbara. "trail steinbeck". stanford magazine. 4/29/10 <http://www.stanfordalumni.org/news/magazine/2005/janfeb/show/steinbeck.html>.
1. 20th century writer
2. californias most famous writer
3. rarely changed his mind while writing
4. 1st wife was alot of inspiration
5. at stanford theres a vault with paper written by him and other authors
6. always want nobel prize
7. steinbeck felt loyalty to the school
8. many of his papers are also at other colleges over the states
9. 3rd wife told people alot after he died
10.. 22 novels
11. 12 non fiction
12. 3 flim scripts
13. tons of newspaper articles and magazine essays
14. pierpont morgan holds the actual diary entrys of travels with charlie
15. took a trip with his dog
16. made a bestseller from it
17. has huge records of steinbeck
18. journalist
19. encountered alot of hostilaty
20. did 36 page screan play about censorship